In April, 1837, a bunch of Quakers wandered to central Indiana and found a spot about thirteen miles north of the state capitol of Indianapolis. They laid out fourteen lots in an area formerly inhabited by the Miami Indians and called the town Bethlehem. After you build a few houses, what's the next thing you need? No, not a sports bar. They built the first general store in town, followed within ten years the town's first school house near the town's crossroads at what is now Main Street and Rangeline Road. In 1874, a vote of the town's 45 residents tired of "Bethlehem" and changed the town's name to "Carmel."

Then, for more than 100 years not much happened. A movie theater, a couple gas stations, a mini-golf course and the new description of Indianapolis suburb as the masses needed more space. If you buy a house in Carmel, IN, you will be a part of its history.

Today, Carmel is very affluent and still an Indianapolis suburb, but is now one of the larger cities in the state. And noted for its many roundabout intersections.

A new water park and mega-fitness center in Carmel's Central Park opened in 2007. The Outdoor Aqua Park consists of two water slides, a drop slide, a diving board, a lazy river, and a kiddie (young persons') pool. The fitness center consists of an indoor lap pool, a recreation pool with its own set of water slides, gymnasium, 1/8 mile indoor running track, and the Kids Zone childcare (young persons' childcare). So if your child wants to be only minutes away from a water park and you a fitness center, search our homes for sale in Carmel, IN.

Ready to spend some money and have a great meal? Carmel offers some mighty fine shopping and dining, especially in Clay Terrace and Merchants Square. You can search listings of Carmel homes for sale close by so you don't miss out on the shopping fun.

Carmel's reasonably new Arts and Design District, designed to promote small business, is located near the center of old town Carmel. For some, it seems that there's some festival or show going on every weekend in the Arts and Design District. Recently opened is the Carmel City Center, featuring 400,000 square feet of retail, restaurants and office space. Next to that, ready to create more buzz about Carmel, is the beautiful regional Performing Arts Center, featuring a 500-seat performing arts theater, outdoor amphitheater and 1,600-seat performance hall.

The Monon Trail is a bicycle trail that is part of the Rails-to-Trails movement. It runs from 10th near downtown Indianapolis through Broad Ripple and then crosses through Carmel and travels up to S. R. 32 in Westfield.

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Currently, there are over 800 homes for sale in Carmel, IN including reasonably priced to upscale homes and condos. You can see all of the Carmel real estate for Carmel, IN homes for sale that meet your search criterion by using our central Indiana real estate search. In addition, you can search through the public view of Carmel real estate listings. Homes for sale in Carmel, IN are definitely worth considering in your search for a new home because Carmel has become one of the most popular places to live in Indiana. Carmel Indiana is located in southern Hamilton County - immediately north of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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